The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the Annual Conference of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada on Thursday, March 26, 2009. The Minister will begin speaking at approximately 6:15 p.m.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, will make an important announcement on free trade agreements.
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement concerning France's decision to reopen the issue of the delimitation of the continental shelf issue.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, will speak at the Pacific Gateway Forum 09 on Friday, March 27, 2009. The forum will highlight the future of British Columbia's trading economy, focusing on issues such as transportation infrastructure, more efficient border access, labour mobility, skills development and ways to increase international trade.
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3:00 p.m. ¿ Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be presented with a bouquet of daffodils from two young children who are fighting cancer to mark the beginning of the Canadian Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Month.
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday met with the Honourable Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, who is visiting Canada from March 23 to 26, 2009. Dr. Baugh also met with the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, the Honourable Beverley Oda, Minister for International Cooperation, and the Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas).
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Mr. Barry Devolin, Member of Parliament for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, today announced federal support for the Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Elder Abuse Prevention Network under the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program.